Career

Her best-known film appearances are as Elaine in Letter to Brezhnev (1985), for which she was nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award, and as Bridget Baines in A Chorus of Disapproval (1988). She also starred in the British Broadcasting Corporation film Smart Money (1986), Strapless (1989) with Bridget Fonda, Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990) with Kiefer Sutherland and Emily Lloyd, Bullseye! (1990) starring Michael Caine and Roger Moore, and Immortal Beloved (1994) with Gary Oldman. Alexandra was originally cast in the role of Kochanski in the pilot episode of Red Dwarf but was unavailable for new recording dates following an electricians" strike, so the part then went to Clare Grogan.